NEW DELHI: As Rajasthan Congress MLAs sit on dharna demanding summoning of the assembly, questions arise whether the governor, in exercise of his powers under Article 174, could defy or delay in heeding to the advice rendered by council of ministers headed by chief minister Ashok Gehlot.
With the Congress is disinclined to engage further in legal battles, which has not accrued any favourable decision either from the Rajasthan high court or the Supreme court, and is keen on making a point with the electorate by taking the fight to the street, the spotlight has turned on the Raj Bhawan.
Sources said, the speaker and chief whip of the Congress legislature party are not ready to take the legal battle against an unfavourable HC decision to the Supreme Court.
Article 174 of the Constitution provides that “The governor shall from time to time summon the House or each House of the Legislature of the State to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit, but six months shall not intervene between its last sitting in one session and the date appointed for its first sitting in the next se